Check
out the Hong Kong Apple store online and you'll see a couple of lines
of text that'll tempt, tease and beguile you if you're dreaming of an
unlocked iPhone 3G: "iPhone 3G purchased at the Apple Online Store
can be activated with any wireless carrier. Simply insert the SIM from
your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete
activation." About $700 will get you an unlocked 8GB version, and the 16GB is just $800. Handy for the dev team, no doubt. [Yes, I’d like to order an iPhone 3G to go please
Some might say this tool would have been useful, ooooh, about two and a half months ago. Now that the lines have cleared and customers can get in and out of Apple Stores fairly quickly with a shiny new iPhone 3G in hand, Apple has gone live with its online sales tool just like we predicted. Apple’s new online purchasing tool let’s customers select and pay for a new iPhone with a service plan from the comfort of an internet connection, and then head down to a local Apple Store to pick it up and activate it. Think of it as the next generation of Chinese takeout, only you end up with a new phone instead of some tasty Moo Shu. No, it’s not the at-home activation we’ve been waiting for but at least by using this option you’ll be minimizing the time spent in your local Apple Store. As everyone knows, the odds of you spending money on a sweet new MacBook Pro despite the fact you definitely don’t need it increase by 3% for every minute you spend standing there gawking at it.
Tags: 3G, Apple, iPhone, Online, Purchase
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